DIY Outdoor Pop-Up Party Spaces for Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day is almost here and it's time to start preparing. It's the unofficial start to summer and is traditionally celebrated outdoors with friends and family. Here are a few ideas for temporary spaces you could create to kick off your three-day weekend.

1. Make a tent on the beach as a home base where you can gather to get out of the sun and have a little privacy. Here are directions on how to build one yourself.

2. Have a garden or patio BBQ or dinner party in your backyard or snag a picnic table in the park. Here are some great table setting ideas to mull over.

3. Build a backyard movie theater. Throw down some blankets, cushions and pop some corn and you are set. Here are instructions on how to set it up.

4. Make it a camping weekend. You can even set up a makeshift kitchen for the perfect woodsy meals. Here's a checklist of how to do it and what to bring. Image via Apartment Therapy's Simple Outdoor Kitchens.

5. You can create a beautiful and festive party anywhere — you just need the right elements. Check out Sarah Rae's Summertime Shindig to get the low down on what you need.